n.

1. 1. The projecting nose, jaws, or anterior facial part of an animal's head.
   2. A similar prolongation of the anterior portion of the head in certain insects, such as weevils; a rostrum.
   3. A spout or nozzle shaped like such a projection.
2. Slang. The human nose.

[Middle English, probably of Old English origin.]

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noun

The structure on the human face that contains the nostrils and organs of smell and forms the beginning of the respiratory tract: nose, proboscis. Informal beak, snoot. Slang nozzle, schnoz, schnozzle. See body/spirit, convex/concave.

The upper lip and the apex of the nose, especially of the pig. Called also rostrum. Has a specialized skin to survive the rigors of rooting, is supported by a separate bone (the os rostri), and also has a few sensory hairs.

• s. rubbing — a vice of pigs characterized by rubbing the snout into the flank until a friction sore develops.
• s. twitch — see hog holder.

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IN BRIEF: The nose of certain animals.

The pig rooted around the yard for food with its snout.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - snude, tryne, gletschertunge, cigar, cigaret

Nederlands (Dutch)
snuit, snoet

Français (French)
n. - museau, groin, (fig) museau, sèches/clopes, indic

Deutsch (German)
n. - Schnauze, Rüssel, Mundstück, Nase

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (ζωολ.) μουσούδα, ρύγχος, (μηχαν.) ακροφύσιο, μπεκ, (καθομ.) μυταρόλα, (Βρετ., αργκό) καπνός ή τσιγάρο

Italiano (Italian)
muso

Português (Portuguese)
n. - extremidade (f), tromba (f), focinho (m)

Русский (Russian)
рыло, морда, хобот, хоботок (у насекомых), рыльце (пестика), выступ, носик (чайника), сопло, мундштук (тех.), наконечник, заканчиваться выступом, рыть мордой или носом

Español (Spanish)
n. - hocico, jeta, morro, trompa

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - nos, tryne, pip, tut, utsprång, cigarr (sl.), cigarett (sl.), tobak (sl.)

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
口鼻部, 大鼻子, 猪嘴, 鼻子

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 口鼻部, 大鼻子, 豬嘴, 鼻子

한국어 (Korean)
n. - (돼지 등의) 내민 코, (호스 등의) 주둥이, 담배

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 鼻, 額角
v. - 筒口を付ける, 鼻で掘る

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) ألانف ألبشري, خطم, خرطوم, مقدم ألمركب أو ألطائرة‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮חוטם, אף, זרבובית, טבק, סיגרייה, מלשין‬

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